Recorded in 1970, "Paranoid" is a song that Ozzy performs to this day... he said it's the song that defined his career... It was a song that Black Sabbath wrote under an hour in the studio... They needed a final song for the 2nd record, and Tony Iommi (guitar) had the riff, Geezer Butler (bass) wrote the lyrics, and Ozzy Osbourne came up w/ the melody... They thought it was commercial, but the record company loved it - then changed the album's title from 'War pigs' to 'Paranoid', and it went to #1 on the UK charts.
Classic Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Iommi, Butler and Ward. They ARE the grandfather's of Heavy Metal. Also check out Black Sabbath, Children of the Grave, N.I.B., Snowblind, Sweet Leaf, Symptom of the Universe, The Wizard, and Changes
His voice isn't high pitched but I feel more mellow sounding that your traditional heavy metal singer. He has a distinctive sound that you will always know it's Ozzie when you hear it
When it comes to Sabbath you naturally always hear people talk about Ozzy’s voice and Toni’s guitar. People on occasion also talk about Bill’s drumming but for me I think the think that most often gets overlooked is the great bass playing of Geezer Butler. It heavy and fast with a truly dark sound.
Dr Oz's voice is nothing special. He isnt Halford, or Dickenson, but at least as memorable. Nobody even tries to duplicate the Ozz man, because its impossible
Since BJ likes the guitar sound I thought he might like to know (If he didn't already) that Tony Iommi came to pioneer that sound purely by accident. He lost the tips of two of his fingers on his left (fretboard) hand and ended up fashioning wax tips for them. He had trouble bending the strings with the standard tuning (E,A,D,G,B.E) so he started using Drop D tuning (And Drop C, I think. Maybe someone who knows better can confirm) This made the strings easier to bend and thus heavy metal was born...... so to speak. I'm not a guitar player, so if I got parts of this story wrong, please feel free to correct me.
To hear him really haunting, check out "Planet Caravan". They used a Leslie speaker to give his voice the trippy, outer space sound and there's a recording of a flute that's played backwards and with stereo delay for a really cool sound/effect. It's a really mellow & trippy song but still really good. BJ is right though, there is a little reverb on Ozzy's voice and they way he's "singing" kinda matches the theme of song; the twitchy, staccato talking and behavior of someone either really messed up because of drugs and/or mental health issues. 🤘Rock On!🤘
Just think...at this time...the biggest hits were "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies, "Age of Aquarius" by The 5th Dimension and "Can't Get Next To You" by The Temptations
Yes; Black Sabbath released in 1970, Considered among the Pioneers of Metal. Tony Iommi cut both tips of his Middle & Ring Fingers off his right hand on his last day working at a Sheet Metal Factory. He was told he'd never play again. Tony taped his Fingers and Tuned down to lessen Tension on the Strings. Detuning became a Trademark of Metal but "Paranoid" was recorded at a time when you can hear the Words & Lyrics Audibly, There's alot of Death Metal Band recordings where the Vocals are inaudible and sound more like a Growl. Ozzies Vocals are Clear and Cut through the Mix. They needed 1 last Song for their War Pigs Lp, Tony came up with the Riff, Geezer Butler/Bass wrote the Lyrics, The Band thought it was Commercial but the Record Execs loved it, so the LP Title was changed to "Paranoid" and the rest is History. My friend Joe & I used to jam "Paranoid.& Iron Man," Ozzie was fortunate to have Great Guitarists, Randy Rhodes, Jake E Lee and Zack Wildes record with him. Crazy Train" with Randy Rhodes was a Club Staple. Friends and I like Ozzies "Ultimate Sin" Lp with Jake E Lee, We jammed "Shot in the Dark, Killer of Giants & The Ultimate Sin." Killer of Giants is Epic, I played it for Dad in a Music Store and being a Jazz Guitarist, He liked it and was inquisitive about Jake E Lee, Jake has a Guitar Solo live in Kansas City 1986 that Cuts alot of Blues Clone Heads off. Jake is a Bad Guitarist.
The thing is back when this came out we were use to music about love and heartache and just lovey dovey stuff.And this album came out and our teenage lives were never the same.
It's the lyrics, the concepts, the flow, and the musicality of the instruments. Geezer Butler wrote almost all of the lyrics. Ozzys vocals vastly improved during his solo career. And he developed song writing abilities lyrically during his solo career. He has a very large catalog of popular songs during his solo career as well.
This song was written to meet requirements for the amount of songs needed on the album just before release. It went on to be one of their greatest songs.
The music I grew up hearing from my parents in the 70's..Still listened to it through my teenage years in the 80's....Glad to see another generation love it...
Speaking as one who really doesn't care much for most metal/heavy rock, I harbor a genuine and abiding fondness for this outfit (and fellow Brummies Judas Priest); there's just something winsome about 'em...the musicianship is tight, and they dodge the temptation of taking themselves or their output too seriously ---they are, in short, bunches of *fun*
Tony Iommi is a great guitarist and riff master who overcame the loss of finger tips to form his own unique style of playing, including down tuning to make it easier to fret the strings. Bill Ward is one of the great drummers, an absolute animal in a similar league with Bonham. Geezer is a fantastic bass player, and Ozzy is... just Ozzy. He's a better vocalist than people sometimes give him credit for, it just depends on what he's doing. His Sabbath style fits Sabbath. Check out the duet between him and Lita Ford, Close My Eyes Forever. Or even something like Crazy Train. There is no one like him, that much is for sure. I liked Black Sabbath with Dio, but it was really more like Dio backed by Sabbath. Not to denigrate the role of the other members, just that their style in that era was more catered to Dio's style (did they ever even do Ozzy songs when playing live with Dio? I can't imagine it). And Dio Sabbath was great, I dug Heaven and Hell, and wore my Mob Rules album out. But to me, the original Sabbath IS the "real" Sabbath, so to speak. Just like there is Van Halen, and Van Hagar, to me there is also Black Sabbath, and Dio Sabbath. Not necessarily a knock on any of them, just different things. And I personally prefer the originals in bith cases.
Pretty much The whole Sabbath catalogue with Ozzy is Phenomenal. You should listen to Every song on their 1st album. I think the best song on that album is (Warning)
There’s a real weighty urgency in his voice, for sure. I mean on Planet Caravan they literally used haunting echo, but in this song he yells CAN YOU HELP ME? Yeah, the whole album (except for Planet Caravan lol) is SUPER intense. Like af.
I first heard this song on 1979 and it forever changed my Music Preferences. I grew up with top 40, then I heard this and I've never been the same since. 🤘😎
50+ years old and this song stays relevant and powerful. 3 incredible musicians and Ozzy's haunting voice. When people are new to Rock music this is a most listen.
My brother in law gave me this album when I was a teenager and let me just tell you, my friends loved it and me and thought I was the coolest for introducing them to this ground breaking ROCk music of the time. War Pigs from this album is another great jam !! I absolutely love y’all’s reactions to all songs. You’re so thoughtful in your interpretations and commentary during and especially after!! You two compliment each other so well in your reactions!! Love this channel so much!! Thank you for what y’all do!! ✌🏼❤️
Me too! First two cassettes I ever bought as a teenager: Black Sabbath Paranoid and Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits. Little did I know then how wisely I spent my money (because they weren't cheap by the standards of the time).
Great song. This fantastic album was my introduction to Black Sabbath as a teenager. Played this album all the time. Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean that they aren't after you... or at least that is what the voices told ME. ✌️
If you want to hear his haunting voice, I like the song "Mr. Crowley". A song he wrote about an occultist named Aleister Crowley. He was supposedly a satanist. I think it's a very haunting song & his voice is perfect for it.
The great Tony Iommi (music and lead) and the great Geezer Butler (lyrics and bass) were the greatest most underrated team ever. All heavy modern music comes from that tree.
I was 9 when I first heard this - I was born in 1961. I'm eternally thankful that my darling Dad introduced me to a very wide range of music - we always loved and favoured the edgy music.
Hey kids I forgot to say that I actually saw at the fabulous Forum in Inglewood California Black Sabbath and they had another band the opening act was yes and they had put out their album Fragile with the song roundabout so it was to Ultra Classic Albums and they play both their albums respectively the whole material for me to those records which is totally amazing to see all that live
Oh gosh, Ozzy was one of the originals. I think what you're talking about the voices, a lot of that came later on. We didn't have anything to compare him to at the time except those who came before him. I'm not sure it's fair to compare him to those who came later. These guys were true innovators and made music like no one had ever heard before.
One of the major factors of Black Sabbath is the blues based lead guitar soloing of Tony Iommi and how the rest of the band follows suit. Ozzy's voice can seem haunting at times, I think it's because he's believable, like he's really feeling what he's singing about. I have always thought that modern "Heavy Metal" bands moved away from that 60's and 70's blues guitar and I couldn't relate to the newer sound.
The guitar player had been a welder, and quit to pursue his dream of being a musician - but on his last shift he brought the metal cutter down on two of his fingers. It forced him to try a different style, different sound... And the riff heavy Sabbath sound was discovered. They set out to create "a band people could fight to".
The song "Paranoid" was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album, and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing.
Ozzy Is from the back of Aston in Birmingham here in England they are a mad bunch.One of the great bands we had when I was young lad back in the 70's.If you see Ozzy tell him to go mash the tea.lol..Ta-Ra-A-Bit.That is Brummie for good bye.All the best from England and stay safe.
As I heard it one of tge band members, I think Tony Iomi called Geezer Butler paranoid. He never heard that word before so they explained it and he wrote a song about someone being paranoid.
All of these iconic bands have great stories. When Tony was 1st introduced to Ozzy by Bill (drummer) Tony basically turned around and said NOPE! Eventually Bill talked Tony into giving Ozzy an opportunity
Rock music often has been mixed with the vocals tucked in behind the music. If you turn up the volume to where you can hear the vocals better, then the music is banging.
One of the first concerts i remember as a young teen was Black Sabbath. They had just kicked out Ozzy and replaced him with Ronnie James Dio. What a voice!
Vol4 by Sabbath is their heaviest,most raw sound,Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is more polished but love them both equally. Ozzy’s voice is perfect for the band,and as for riffmeister Tony Iommi,check out Wheels of Confusion to sum up his mastery and heaviness.
If you haven't already played Ozzy's Crazy Train. That's another classic rock. If you like Black Sabbath, play Iron Man. I HAD to listen because my brother was & still is a headbanging fool, although no longer has the hair 😃. I enjoyed it but then I would go in my room & put Donna Sommers, Bee Gee's, Patty Labelle & such on. 🤩
Growing up in the 60s/70s, when this stuff came out people just referred to it as 'hard rock,' whereas the more psychedelic stuff was often called "acid rock' by a lot of people, probably for obvious reasons that I didn't fully get at the time..lol. I first heard the term 'heavy metal' probably very very late 70s/early 80s, and it was for 80s bands that were influenced by the earlier hard rockers. I completely can't relate to modern 'metal' for some reason - guitars sound like chainsaws to me - vocalists are scream-growling...no tone for me to grab ahold of...
Two must listens for Black Sabbath: Children of the Grave (crazy good drumming) and Into The Void (some of the nastiest bass riffs ever laid to tape 😎)
Definitely heavy on the fuzz. The slight echo you're hearing that's mixed in is called 'Reverb' which is short for reverberation. There's different types now (i.e. hall, spring, plate etc.).
This album was a turning point for rock. The 1960s saw Acid rock. Now the rock was to change after this album. Paraniod the Album in a sense created the Heavy metal sound in Sept of 1970.
@Bookhouse Boy nice. I totally forgot about Deep Purple. I had the Machine Head album but was not a huge fan. But yes! Those 2 albums and the heavy rock was a intense change from the artistry of Santana and Hendrix just a year before at Woodstock. What a wonderful age Those days were wonderful musically.
Yeah they little Reverb behind his voice a little slap back they call it it's a real fast Echo I also noticed the guitar solo the youth was called an octave splitter I think it has some Distortion and the octave splitter which has a very interesting kind of sound it kind of sounds like those oscilloscopes they used back in the 50s in those science fiction movies okay kids
Every riff has already been done by Black Sabbath. Paranoid feels like a band transitioning from the established psychedelic rock into what punk was going to be in a few years
When I was a teen I used to think the line said "I tell you to END your life..." Never made sense to me. Thanks to a little thing called the internet I finally found out it actually says "I tell you to ENJOY life..." Everything was now good. LOL.
Mixing heavy metal with hard rock. When it comes to musical tempo, heavy metal is faster than rock. The tempo is one of the most straightforward ways to tell them apart. Heavy metal is fast and aggressive; hard rock is slower, with a melody and sexier, according to any rock music genre definitions. Metal is fast drums and guitar chords. Hard rock has melodious riffs and solos, often with keyboards and rhythmic guitars and drums. Sabbath is metal; Aerosmith is hard rock. Now there is more to Ozzy than Black Sabbath. His 80s solo work is stunning. Crazy Train, No More Tears, Flying High, Mr. Crowley, Mama I’m Comin Home… that’s hard rock like Aerosmith. Different Ozzy voice. The absolute best of his voice…. October 2001, after 9/11, he wrote a song with Zakk Wylde, called Dreamer. It’s like John Lennon’s, IMAGINE. Ozzy has dual citizenship and took 9/11 to heart. Use the video, the artistry is amazing.
7:19 I know where you were driving because at least _this_ song is done with a certain, dare I say it, rap-like delivery but you crashed after that. ;) Ozzy's singing voice is a million miles from his speaking voice. Then and today. Ultra heavy British/Brummie accent when singing but, as is usually the case with singers from across the pond, it pretty much disappears when singing. His enunciation is much better when singing.
As a teenager in the early 70’s, this was mind expanding for us, as were some other things, but the music was good for the soul and mind 😎
I too was there - and you're absolutely right!😄😄😄
It sure was "smoke" in one hand & a beer in the other .
We were tripping when a friend first introduced me to Sabbath. First song, first album is Black Sabbath. Finger in black that points at me. Wow,
@@ralpholson7616 Mescaline and Black Sabbath 😎
The 70s were the BOMB Iwas their
Recorded in 1970, "Paranoid" is a song that Ozzy performs to this day... he said it's the song that defined his career...
It was a song that Black Sabbath wrote under an hour in the studio... They needed a final song for the 2nd record, and Tony Iommi (guitar) had the riff, Geezer Butler (bass) wrote the lyrics, and Ozzy Osbourne came up w/ the melody... They thought it was commercial, but the record company loved it - then changed the album's title from 'War pigs' to 'Paranoid', and it went to #1 on the UK charts.
I did not know the history of the song, thanks for the info. Have always loved it. Great little react video, or whatever they are called lol
Well said!
I can understand Ozzy when he's singing, not when's talking normally but I still somehow enjoyed his reality show lol. Classic tune, great reaction
Ozzy's voice with Sabbath sounds like history.
Ye was He was trying to explain Ozzy's Unique Voice, Don't want to call that but!
Ozzy song that's Ozzy.
Classic Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Iommi, Butler and Ward. They ARE the grandfather's of Heavy Metal. Also check out Black Sabbath, Children of the Grave, N.I.B., Snowblind, Sweet Leaf, Symptom of the Universe, The Wizard, and Changes
Snowblind and Sweet Leaf are two songs that most people forget about.
@@kenqb5450 2 of my favourite sabbath songs, one being about cocaine and the other about weed
I think you will be surprised when you listen to “Changes”.I know I was.
Agree with BJ. He does have a haunting type voice and the echo contributes to it. Good call.
His voice isn't high pitched but I feel more mellow sounding that your traditional heavy metal singer. He has a distinctive sound that you will always know it's Ozzie when you hear it
Ozzie?
@@johndeaux3703 yes Ozzy, listen to some of the heavy metal singers, his voice isn't like theirs
My favorite Black Sabbath song
When it comes to Sabbath you naturally always hear people talk about Ozzy’s voice and Toni’s guitar. People on occasion also talk about Bill’s drumming but for me I think the think that most often gets overlooked is the great bass playing of Geezer Butler. It heavy and fast with a truly dark sound.
Dr Oz's voice is nothing special. He isnt Halford, or Dickenson, but at least as memorable. Nobody even tries to duplicate the Ozz man, because its impossible
I had this on 8 track back in the day. My head still hurts from banging it up and down The original headbangers.
Since BJ likes the guitar sound I thought he might like to know (If he didn't already) that Tony Iommi came to pioneer that sound purely by accident. He lost the tips of two of his fingers on his left (fretboard) hand and ended up fashioning wax tips for them. He had trouble bending the strings with the standard tuning (E,A,D,G,B.E) so he started using Drop D tuning (And Drop C, I think. Maybe someone who knows better can confirm) This made the strings easier to bend and thus heavy metal was born...... so to speak.
I'm not a guitar player, so if I got parts of this story wrong, please feel free to correct me.
To hear him really haunting, check out "Planet Caravan". They used a Leslie speaker to give his voice the trippy, outer space sound and there's a recording of a flute that's played backwards and with stereo delay for a really cool sound/effect. It's a really mellow & trippy song but still really good.
BJ is right though, there is a little reverb on Ozzy's voice and they way he's "singing" kinda matches the theme of song; the twitchy, staccato talking and behavior of someone either really messed up because of drugs and/or mental health issues. 🤘Rock On!🤘
Solitude is very similar
This song was written in like 4 minutes and became their biggest hit 😂
one of their biggest...
Just think...at this time...the biggest hits were "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies, "Age of Aquarius" by The 5th Dimension and "Can't Get Next To You" by The Temptations
Yes; Black Sabbath released in 1970, Considered among the Pioneers of Metal. Tony Iommi cut both tips of his Middle & Ring Fingers off his right hand on his last day working at a Sheet Metal Factory. He was told he'd never play again. Tony taped his Fingers and Tuned down to lessen Tension on the Strings. Detuning became a Trademark of Metal but "Paranoid" was recorded at a time when you can hear the Words & Lyrics Audibly, There's alot of Death Metal Band recordings where the Vocals are inaudible and sound more like a Growl. Ozzies Vocals are Clear and Cut through the Mix. They needed 1 last Song for their War Pigs Lp, Tony came up with the Riff, Geezer Butler/Bass wrote the Lyrics, The Band thought it was Commercial but the Record Execs loved it, so the LP Title was changed to "Paranoid" and the rest is History. My friend Joe & I used to jam "Paranoid.& Iron Man," Ozzie was fortunate to have Great Guitarists, Randy Rhodes, Jake E Lee and Zack Wildes record with him. Crazy Train" with Randy Rhodes was a Club Staple. Friends and I like Ozzies "Ultimate Sin" Lp with Jake E Lee, We jammed "Shot in the Dark, Killer of Giants & The Ultimate Sin." Killer of Giants is Epic, I played it for Dad in a Music Store and being a Jazz Guitarist, He liked it and was inquisitive about Jake E Lee, Jake has a Guitar Solo live in Kansas City 1986 that Cuts alot of Blues Clone Heads off. Jake is a Bad Guitarist.
The thing is back when this came out we were use to music about love and heartache and just lovey dovey stuff.And this album came out and our teenage lives were never the same.
People tend to overlook Geezer on the bass. Such great lines accenting the songs
Check out Warning
This track demonstrates what a total Riff Master Tony Iommi is. Ozzy, Geezer and Mr. Ward do great work too.
I love. Black Sabbath so good
Without solo this is hardcore punk sound. I always saw it like punk, origins of punk sound, with that power chords.
Hard to believe that was 1970. "Pioneers of heavy metal." Spot on, BJ.
It's the lyrics, the concepts, the flow, and the musicality of the instruments. Geezer Butler wrote almost all of the lyrics. Ozzys vocals vastly improved during his solo career. And he developed song writing abilities lyrically during his solo career. He has a very large catalog of popular songs during his solo career as well.
This song was written to meet requirements for the amount of songs needed on the album just before release. It went on to be one of their greatest songs.
Love that you guys have an eclectic mix of musical tastes.
The music I grew up hearing from my parents in the 70's..Still listened to it through my teenage years in the 80's....Glad to see another generation love it...
Speaking as one who really doesn't care much for most metal/heavy rock, I harbor a genuine and abiding fondness for this outfit (and fellow Brummies Judas Priest); there's just something winsome about 'em...the musicianship is tight, and they dodge the temptation of taking themselves or their output too seriously ---they are, in short, bunches of *fun*
Tony Iommi is a great guitarist and riff master who overcame the loss of finger tips to form his own unique style of playing, including down tuning to make it easier to fret the strings.
Bill Ward is one of the great drummers, an absolute animal in a similar league with Bonham. Geezer is a fantastic bass player, and Ozzy is... just Ozzy. He's a better vocalist than people sometimes give him credit for, it just depends on what he's doing. His Sabbath style fits Sabbath. Check out the duet between him and Lita Ford, Close My Eyes Forever. Or even something like Crazy Train. There is no one like him, that much is for sure.
I liked Black Sabbath with Dio, but it was really more like Dio backed by Sabbath. Not to denigrate the role of the other members, just that their style in that era was more catered to Dio's style (did they ever even do Ozzy songs when playing live with Dio? I can't imagine it). And Dio Sabbath was great, I dug Heaven and Hell, and wore my Mob Rules album out. But to me, the original Sabbath IS the "real" Sabbath, so to speak.
Just like there is Van Halen, and Van Hagar, to me there is also Black Sabbath, and Dio Sabbath. Not necessarily a knock on any of them, just different things. And I personally prefer the originals in bith cases.
Pretty much The whole Sabbath catalogue with Ozzy is Phenomenal. You should listen to Every song on their 1st album. I think the best song on that album is (Warning)
There’s a real weighty urgency in his voice, for sure. I mean on Planet Caravan they literally used haunting echo, but in this song he yells CAN YOU HELP ME? Yeah, the whole album (except for Planet Caravan lol) is SUPER intense. Like af.
Saw them in 1972-73 in Montreal. I was sixteen and worked my way right up to the stage. There were no security barriers back then. Fun show.
I first heard this song on 1979 and it forever changed my Music Preferences. I grew up with top 40, then I heard this and I've never been the same since. 🤘😎
50+ years old and this song stays relevant and powerful. 3 incredible musicians and Ozzy's haunting voice. When people are new to Rock music this is a most listen.
My brother in law gave me this album when I was a teenager and let me just tell you, my friends loved it and me and thought I was the coolest for introducing them to this ground breaking ROCk music of the time. War Pigs from this album is another great jam !! I absolutely love y’all’s reactions to all songs. You’re so thoughtful in your interpretations and commentary during and especially after!! You two compliment each other so well in your reactions!! Love this channel so much!! Thank you for what y’all do!! ✌🏼❤️
I bought this album and cassette when it was released.
Cassette?? 😀
But I go back of the 8-Track….😂😂😂
Me too! First two cassettes I ever bought as a teenager: Black Sabbath Paranoid and Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits. Little did I know then how wisely I spent my money (because they weren't cheap by the standards of the time).
Great song. This fantastic album was my introduction to Black Sabbath as a teenager. Played this album all the time.
Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean that they aren't after you... or at least that is what the voices told ME. ✌️
If you want to hear his haunting voice, I like the song "Mr. Crowley". A song he wrote about an occultist named Aleister Crowley. He was supposedly a satanist. I think it's a very haunting song & his voice is perfect for it.
Good song, Ozzy cracks me up on his reality show, and when his son Jack, has them reacting to paranormal stuff.😂
I’ve known this song all of my life and this reminds me of so many movies like Dazed and Confused,The Stoned Age,Almost Famous ,
The great Tony Iommi (music and lead) and the great Geezer Butler (lyrics and bass) were the greatest most underrated team ever. All heavy modern music comes from that tree.
Black Sabbath deep dive is a must.......life changing stuff.
I was 9 when I first heard this - I was born in 1961. I'm eternally thankful that my darling Dad introduced me to a very wide range of music - we always loved and favoured the edgy music.
Hey kids I forgot to say that I actually saw at the fabulous Forum in Inglewood California Black Sabbath and they had another band the opening act was yes and they had put out their album Fragile with the song roundabout so it was to Ultra Classic Albums and they play both their albums respectively the whole material for me to those records which is totally amazing to see all that live
Oh gosh, Ozzy was one of the originals. I think what you're talking about the voices, a lot of that came later on. We didn't have anything to compare him to at the time except those who came before him. I'm not sure it's fair to compare him to those who came later. These guys were true innovators and made music like no one had ever heard before.
Its relentless!
Perfect headbanging song
This is the heavy metal genre crawling out of the primordial ooze...
One of the major factors of Black Sabbath is the blues based lead guitar soloing of Tony Iommi and how the rest of the band follows suit. Ozzy's voice can seem haunting at times, I think it's because he's believable, like he's really feeling what he's singing about. I have always thought that modern "Heavy Metal" bands moved away from that 60's and 70's blues guitar and I couldn't relate to the newer sound.
This is the birth of Heavy metal as a genre. There were bands and songs before that had the elements but this is the birth of metal as a whole.
Such a rocker! I still have my cassette tape (as well as an upgrade to CD) of this album.
The guitar player had been a welder, and quit to pursue his dream of being a musician - but on his last shift he brought the metal cutter down on two of his fingers. It forced him to try a different style, different sound... And the riff heavy Sabbath sound was discovered. They set out to create "a band people could fight to".
This song is the birth of Heavy Metal 🤘👏
I love when the two of you react to Black Sabbath.
Please react to more
The song "Paranoid" was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album, and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing.
Ozzy Is from the back of Aston in Birmingham here in England they are a mad bunch.One of the great bands we had when I was young lad back in the 70's.If you see Ozzy tell him to go mash the tea.lol..Ta-Ra-A-Bit.That is Brummie for good bye.All the best from England and stay safe.
The greatest album ever. Next is A Love Supreme. Then Sister Rosetta Tharpe is #3.
As I heard it one of tge band members, I think Tony Iomi called Geezer Butler paranoid. He never heard that word before so they explained it and he wrote a song about someone being paranoid.
left handed Toni Iommi guitar sound and Riffs are unmatched.. He compliments Ozzy's voice..
All of these iconic bands have great stories. When Tony was 1st introduced to Ozzy by Bill (drummer) Tony basically turned around and said NOPE!
Eventually Bill talked Tony into giving Ozzy an opportunity
Evening fam. You are playing some jams tonight. This was the first album I bought wroth my own money, 1975.
Rock music often has been mixed with the vocals tucked in behind the music. If you turn up the volume to where you can hear the vocals better, then the music is banging.
Great song. I love early Black Sabbath and they are legit!
This came out when I was about 7. And I've loved it!
Understand Asia but agree with BJ. Ozzy has a haunting voice. First heard them in 1974 when rock n' roll was a big tent
This was their first radio hit.
One of the first concerts i remember as a young teen was Black Sabbath. They had just kicked out Ozzy and replaced him with Ronnie James Dio. What a voice!
He 4 sure has top 5 most distinctive voices ev
I think that they put a reverb on his mike so that you can hear a slight echo to his singing. That is the "haunting" sound that you hear.
Vol4 by Sabbath is their heaviest,most raw sound,Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is more polished but love them both equally.
Ozzy’s voice is perfect for the band,and as for riffmeister Tony Iommi,check out Wheels of Confusion to sum up his mastery and heaviness.
Born 71 here... my mom played this for me enutero with headphones.. .
If you haven't already played Ozzy's Crazy Train. That's another classic rock. If you like Black Sabbath, play Iron Man. I HAD to listen because my brother was & still is a headbanging fool, although no longer has the hair 😃. I enjoyed it but then I would go in my room & put Donna Sommers, Bee Gee's, Patty Labelle & such on. 🤩
Black Sabbath INVENTED the genre of heavy metal❗
Great reaction. You could jam to "Into the Void", "Sweet Leaf", "Fairies Wear Boots", ...
Growing up in the 60s/70s, when this stuff came out people just referred to it as 'hard rock,' whereas the more psychedelic stuff was often called "acid rock' by a lot of people, probably for obvious reasons that I didn't fully get at the time..lol. I first heard the term 'heavy metal' probably very very late 70s/early 80s, and it was for 80s bands that were influenced by the earlier hard rockers. I completely can't relate to modern 'metal' for some reason - guitars sound like chainsaws to me - vocalists are scream-growling...no tone for me to grab ahold of...
Gotta love Ozzy,gotta love Black Sabbath. Just puts you in another place.Thamk you for doing this one.
Two must listens for Black Sabbath: Children of the Grave (crazy good drumming) and Into The Void (some of the nastiest bass riffs ever laid to tape 😎)
My introduction to this was Rock N Roll Racing on the SNES :)
Black Sabbath the only OG’s of HM period!
Love it, their best song (imo) is "Children of the Grave" from the album "Master of Reality".
Definitely heavy on the fuzz.
The slight echo you're hearing that's mixed in is called 'Reverb' which is short for reverberation. There's different types now (i.e. hall, spring, plate etc.).
This album was a turning point for rock. The 1960s saw Acid rock. Now the rock was to change after this album. Paraniod the Album in a sense created the Heavy metal sound in Sept of 1970.
@Bookhouse Boy nice. I totally forgot about Deep Purple. I had the Machine Head album but was not a huge fan. But yes! Those 2 albums and the heavy rock was a intense change from the artistry of Santana and Hendrix just a year before at Woodstock. What a wonderful age Those days were wonderful musically.
Love 💕 you guys seen them live !! Best sabbath album
Yeah they little Reverb behind his voice a little slap back they call it it's a real fast Echo I also noticed the guitar solo the youth was called an octave splitter I think it has some Distortion and the octave splitter which has a very interesting kind of sound it kind of sounds like those oscilloscopes they used back in the 50s in those science fiction movies okay kids
Haunting voice brilliant way of describing Ozzy's voice.
Took my kid to see them on The End tour... he was 16... got him high the 1st time lol! He was like... um, wow!
Great video with explanations.. a few good comments too. I LOVE the song, always have but didnt realise its the same age as me!
Every riff has already been done by Black Sabbath. Paranoid feels like a band transitioning from the established psychedelic rock into what punk was going to be in a few years
When I was a teen I used to think the line said "I tell you to END your life..." Never made sense to me. Thanks to a little thing called the internet I finally found out it actually says "I tell you to ENJOY life..." Everything was now good. LOL.
Classic Sabbath!! 🔥🥳
IMO Ozzy's vocals on their song - *Symptom Of The Universe* - doesn't get any better. But then his song - *Changes* - will shock you both!
Asia and BJ you also know how to jam to some great 70’s rock music
Black Label Society "In this river" ~Zakk Wylde Ozzy's guitar man.
The first Song of Black Sabbath in the Charts 1970
Love your videos..best wishes from England
Mixing heavy metal with hard rock. When it comes to musical tempo, heavy metal is faster than rock. The tempo is one of the most straightforward ways to tell them apart. Heavy metal is fast and aggressive; hard rock is slower, with a melody and sexier, according to any rock music genre definitions. Metal is fast drums and guitar chords. Hard rock has melodious riffs and solos, often with keyboards and rhythmic guitars and drums. Sabbath is metal; Aerosmith is hard rock.
Now there is more to Ozzy than Black Sabbath. His 80s solo work is stunning. Crazy Train, No More Tears, Flying High, Mr. Crowley, Mama I’m Comin Home… that’s hard rock like Aerosmith. Different Ozzy voice. The absolute best of his voice…. October 2001, after 9/11, he wrote a song with Zakk Wylde, called Dreamer. It’s like John Lennon’s, IMAGINE. Ozzy has dual citizenship and took 9/11 to heart. Use the video, the artistry is amazing.
"Crazy Train" and "Flying High Again" and "I don't Know" by Ozzy Osbourne!
You have to listen to Sabbath and all the heavy rock bands with the volume turned up to 11 o get the full effect.
Ozzy Osbourne is the king of metal basically the prince of darkness himself
7:19 I know where you were driving because at least _this_ song is done with a certain, dare I say it, rap-like delivery but you crashed after that. ;) Ozzy's singing voice is a million miles from his speaking voice. Then and today. Ultra heavy British/Brummie accent when singing but, as is usually the case with singers from across the pond, it pretty much disappears when singing. His enunciation is much better when singing.
I always recommend War Pigs. Their best song (lyrics, guitars, MAJOR drums).
This is great, so is Iron Man. This sound was a continuation of the late 60s. Believe both were out 70 or 71
Thansu@doG!